GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| encompass | include |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |